9TH President Of The Philippines

Diosdado Macapagal (1910-1997

   Macapagal immediately cracked down on government graft and corruption. His campaign earned him the nickname The Incorruptible.

  He sought to maintain strong ties with the United States and was an outspoken opponent of Communism. He pursued largely unsuccessful economic programs that abolished repressive government controls in an attempt to stimulate the economy and increase employment.

During his presidency, the Philippines enjoyed prosperity and was the second most developed country in the Asian region, next only to Japan and ahead of the future tiger economies of Asia such as Singapore, Taiwan, and Korea. Allowed the Philippine peso to float on the free currency exchange market. abolition of tenancy and accompanying land reform program in the Agricultural Land Reform Code of 1963 which underscored his endeavor to fight mass poverty.